
COMMISSION DECISION of 19 April 2010 rejecting a list of applications for entry in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications provided for in Council Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 (notified under document C(2010) 2385) (Only the German text is authentic) (2010/225/EU) 

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 of 20 March 2006 on the protection of geographical indications and designations of origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs, and in particular the second subparagraph of Article 6(2) thereof,
Whereas:

(1) In 1994, Germany notified to the Commission a large number of applications for registration concerning mineral waters pursuant to Article 17(2) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92, 108 of which are still pending.

(2) In the case of the 31 names listed in Annex I to this Decision, the name proposed for registration is not included in the list of natural mineral waters recognized by Member States in accordance with Article 1 of Directive 2009/54/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 June 2009 on the exploitation and marketing of natural mineral waters. As a consequence, these names cannot be considered to be recognized in the internal market as marketable mineral waters and should accordingly not be registered.

(3) In the case of the 7 names listed in Annex II to this Decision, only the name and no further information has been submitted, thus preventing the Commission to perform the scrutiny required pursuant to Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 in order to assess whether these names meet the conditions for registration. Therefore, these names should not be registered.

(4) In the case of the 70 names included in the Annex III to this Decision, the Commission asked the German authorities, by a letter on 20 July 2004, to provide additional information, in particular on details of control bodies, willingness of producers to cover inspection costs and structures guaranteeing the marketing of the water under a single name. On 15 May 2006 and again on 22 May 2007 the European Commission asked the German authorities to either reply to the letter of 20 July 2004 or to withdraw the pending applications, and informed them that otherwise the European Commission would consider a rejection of these applications. As no additional information has been provided, these names should not be registered.

(5) In the light of the above, the applications for registration of the designations listed in the Annexes to this Decision should be rejected.

(6) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Protected Geographical Indications and Protected Designations of Origin,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1 
The applications for registration of the designations listed in the Annexes to this Decision are rejected.
Article 2 
This Decision is addressed to the Federal Republic of Germany.
Done at Brussels, 19 April 2010.
For the Commission
Dacian CIOLOŞ
Member of the Commission
ANNEX I
Natural mineral waters and spring watersGERMANY 


 Bad Kissinger Theresienquelle
 Bad Liebenwerda Stille Urquelle
 Bad Rappenauer Mineralquelle
 Bad Vilbeler Elisabethen Stille Quelle
 Deutschlandsprudel
 Elfen-Quelle Dortelweil
 Geotaler
 Gold der Oberpfalz
 Hessen-Quelle
 Hessen-Quelle Stilles Mineralwasser Bad Vilbel
 Hochwald Stille Quelle
 Ileburger Schlossbrunnen
 Köllertaler Sprudel, Köllertaler Still (Alexander-Quelle)
 Kondrauer Mineralsprudel Heilwasser Prinz-Ludwig-Quelle
 Mariahilfberger
 Mühlenquelle Löhne
 Osning-Quelle Bielefeld-Brackwede
 Peterstaler Mineralwasser
 Reinbecker Schlossquelle
 Rippoldsauer Mineralwasser
 Romina-Medium Rommelsbach
 Romina-Stilles Rommelsbach
 Rommelsbacher Silberbrunnen
 Rosbacher Brunnen
 Rosbacher Diana Quelle
 Silberquelle Höxter-Bruchhausen
 Taunusquelle
 Tönissteiner Römerfüllung
 Urstein-Quelle Riesa a.d. Elbe
 Walsumer Quelle
 Wiesentaler Stilles Mineralwasser

ANNEX II
Natural mineral waters and spring watersGERMANY 


 Dauner Still
 Falkenbergquelle
 Rosbacher Urquelle
 Stiftsquelle Essen
 Kondrauer Stilles Mineralwasser Antonien-Quelle
 Kondrauer Mineral-Sprudel Gerwig-Quelle
 Urstein Quelle Bad Windsheim CASCADA

ANNEX III
Natural mineral waters and spring watersGERMANY 


 Arienheller
 Bad Liebenwerdaer
 Bad Nieratz-Quelle
 Bad Vilbeler Hermanns Quelle
 Bad Vilbeler Urquelle
 Breisgauer Mineralwasser
 Buchhorn Quelle
 Diemeltaler Quelle
 Dietenbronner Lazarus-Quelle
 Dunaris, Heilwasser aus der Dunaris-Quelle
 Eifel-Quelle
 Emsland-Quelle
 Emstaler Brunnen
 Extaler-Mineralquell
 Eyachtal-Quellen
 Freyersbacher Mineralwasser
 Fuldataler Mineralbrunnen
 Fürstenfelder Prinzenquelle
 Gänsefurther Schlossquelle
 Germeta-Quelle
 Griesbacher Mineralquelle
 Harzer Berg-Brunnen
 Harzer Grauhof Brunnen
 Harzer Kristall Brunnen
 Harzer Viktoria Brunnen
 Harzer Weinbrunnen
 Hochwald-Sprudel
 Knetzgauer Steigerwald Naturbrunnen
 Kondrauer Mineralsprudel Bayern-Quelle
 Labertaler Sebastiani-Brunnen
 Labertaler Stephanie Brunnen
 Lauchstädter Heilbrunnen
 Lesumer Urquelle
 Lüttertaler Mineralbrunnen
 Markgrafen Quelle
 Markgräfler Mineralwasser
 Märkisch Kristall vormals Private Quelle Grüneberg II
 Neuselters Mineralquelle
 Oberharzer Brunnen
 Oberselters Mineralbrunnen
 Okertaler Mineralbrunnen
 Peterstaler Mineralquelle
 Pfälzer Silberbrunnen
 Q3 Mineralquelle
 Rangau-Quelle
 Rheinfels Quelle
 Rheinfels Urquell
 Rhönsprudel
 Rippoldsauer Mineralquelle
 Rohrauer Friedrichsquelle
 Roisdorfer Mineralwasser
 Salinger Bronnen
 Schildetaler Mineralquell (Schildetaler Dodow)
 Schillerbrunnen Bad Lauchstädt
 Schwarzwald Quirliquelle
 Schwarzwald-Sprudel
 Sodenthaler Mineralbrunnen
 St. Medardus Quelle
 Staatlich Fachingen
 Steigerwald-Mineralbrunnen
 Stralsunder
 Tönissteiner Sprudel
 Ulmtal-Quelle
 Vilsa-Brunnen
 Vinsebecker Säuerling
 Wald-Quelle Kirkel
 Westfalenborn
 Wiesentaler Mineralwasser
 Wittmannsthal-Quelle
 Zwestener Löwensprudel
